On January 6 and 7, the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards were held in Los Angeles. The acclaimed HBO series The Last of Us dominated the first evening with no less than eight awards We take a closer look at the relevant categories.
After the success of the video game originals, the series now also seems to be picking up some honors. As part of the 75th Creative Emmy Awards, The Last of Us was awarded a whopping eight Emmys.
Actress Storm Reid received an award in the category “Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series” for her role as Riley in the episode Left Behind . The Emmy for “Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series” went to Nick Offerman, who played the hermit Bill in the episode Long, Long Time
In addition, The Last of Us received six Emmys in the following technical categories: Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup, Outstanding Visual Special Effects, Outstanding Intro Design, Excellent sound editing, Excellent sound mixing and Excellent image editing
More winners
Although The Last of Us is probably the big winner of the evening, other works also received multiple awards. The FX comedy The Bear, the Netflix series Wednesday and the HBO drama The White Lotus each took home four awards. Three Emmys went to the Netflix series BEEF, while two Emmys went to Ted Lasso, among others.
Questionable record for The Last of Us
It’s no secret that The Last of Us was one of last year’s series hits. This is also reflected in a very questionable statistic.
As (Torrent Freak) reported, the adaptation of the popular video game series is the most illegally streamed series of the past year. The fantasy epic Game of Thrones was able to claim this title for several years in a row. HBO certainly seems to be doing something right
